Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-17
BarIOn.

al this Office.
Barton.
Read Whist Tower Bros. have TO
say about -four, grain, feed. etc.
a Mr.. Keir, of Charleston has
bought the Hiram Cass Place.
Mrs. Ellis. a fine teacher OF pen
mauship, has a class IN this village.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Bartlett have
gone to Waterville, P. @. 10 visit
their daughter.
Barron & Hamblet want to buy :
lot Of produce at their store. Read
their advertisement.
The second big snow-storm of the
winter, nearly u inches, came the
last of the week, and there is a
struggle to gel top of it.
A large number of our singers and
others attended the Convention at
Newport last week, and report very
pleasant and useful convention.
The boy readers Of this paper will
be interested in boys -'letter from
Florida, and a lot of good reading
selected especially for them on the
fourth page
Messrs. Bennett & Hoyt. who are
running the American House st the
north end Of the village, will run q
good livery in connection with it,and
: free carriage to and from the depot
Milo Owen and wife have gone to
Kansas to spend few weeks visit
inc friends and relatives. Benz. Je-
rome and wife will look after MI.
and MIS-. Ovens affairs in their abb
sence.
The Newport people must be i'm
pressed with the fact that Barton
Village Is considerable Of 2 town,
we Judge, if they estimate by the
number of people who attend con-
ventions where there Is free enter
tainment.
The ladies of the II. E. church
meet With Mrs. J. B. Freeman on
Tuesday afternoon next. Gentlemen
invited 10 tea al 8 o'clock. All in
vited. The PRAYER meeting set for
that evening will be postponed until
Thursday evening
From s Pennsylvania paper we
learn of the death of the wife of
Charles o. Smith, son Of Chas. " J..
Smith. long 8 resident Of this village
'.Charlie" was here last season, and
his friends will sympathize with him
i1 his sad loss.
Al the recent election of the Bar
ton National Bank Tie old board Of
directors and officers were re-chosen.
The bank declared q dividend of
ihree per cent for the last six months
and carried a considerable sum over
70 the surplus fund.
MIS-. DR.. Thomas has left Barton
and gone TO Morgan Center, where
her husband, Dr.. Thomas. has al
ready established himself as q physi-
clan. We understand that Mrs.
Thomas has opened q millinery store
II her new home. She always kept
: good class Of goods while IN bust
ness here, and her customers found
her obliging and genial.
Bro. Chase of the Union and At
kins Of the 4rgus are having it tough
sud tight these days, Chase seeming
10 have the best case and the largest
number Of appropriate epithets- Cold
hesrted republicans look upon this
fight between the leading democratic
editors OF the state with compla-
cency as serene As the old woman
enjoyed who witnessed the bloody
fight between her husband and the
bear.
There will he an entertainment at
Post Hall on "Wednesday evening
next, consisting of music. declama-
lions. and lecture 10y E a. Cook,
Esq. Of Glover, after which there will
be bandbox supper. This entertain
ment l. gotten up for the benefit of
The Post, and it Is hoped that all par
ties interested, and the friends gen
orally may turn ia and contribute
something for needy soldiers or their
families, while they enjoy pleasant
evening themselves Come and bring
your box well filed. The public
cordially invited.